Re: Beating this thing, Ca 19, islet cell transplants

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In a message dated 9/27/00 3:05:10 PM Eastern Daylight Time, KarynWms@...

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Regarding the islet cell transplant, becoming diabetic does not exempt you

from being a candidate. I live in Indy. Two months ago they restarted the

study and are actively doing auto cell transplants and cadaver transplants.

One of the physicians on that team will be speaking at the Symposium Nov.

11.

I'm psyched! >>

Hi Karyn, are you saying that IUMC has started the auto islet cell transplant

again? I was just there last Thursday and Dr. Lehman said that they did do

that procedure at one time but have stopped it. He was very negative about

it and tried to discourage me from having it done. He went so far as to tell

me that I don't hear any bad reports on the Internet about the procedure

because the people who it didn't work well on are all dead. He was adamant

about me not having it. Do you know more than what he told me? He said that

IUMC didn't have success with it. Shirley